Case Study: Netflix achieves faster builds and tests with Gradle Develocity

Develocity saves Netflix 280,000+ hours per year with faster builds and tests

The entertainment provider Netflix faced significant developer productivity challenges due to slow builds, long dependency downloads, and an increasing number of unreliable, flaky tests. These issues were negatively impacting efficiency and creating a lack of confidence in the development process.

By implementing Gradle's Develocity platform, which included Build Cache, Predictive Test Selection, and Test Distribution, Netflix dramatically accelerated its workflows. The solution saved over 280,000 developer hours per year, cutting total build time by 50% and serial test execution time by 60%. Gradle's tools also reduced CI costs and empowered developers to release features faster and more frequently.

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Aubrey Chipman

Developer Productivity / Senior Engineer